Re: [Python-Dev] docs - Copy

2010-06-24 Thread Rich Healey
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Steve Holden wrote: > Rich Healey wrote: >> http://docs.python.org/library/copy.html >> >> Just near the bottom it reads: >> >> """Shallow copies of dictionaries can be made using dict.copy(), and >> of list

[Python-Dev] docs - Copy

2010-06-24 Thread Rich Healey
http://docs.python.org/library/copy.html Just near the bottom it reads: """Shallow copies of dictionaries can be made using dict.copy(), and of lists by assigning a slice of the entire list, for example, copied_list = original_list[:].""" Surely this is a typo? To my understanding, copied_list